Cheaper to Keep Her? If She’s a Military Base, Maybe.

On the Record‘s Jackie Sauter rounds up coverage of the $10 billion overrun the Defense Department has incurred in its base-closure process.

Although these base closures have been painful for the communities affected, it always stood to reason that consolidating military facilities would represent a win for taxpayers. In the long run it will, but as John Maynard Keynes said about the long run…